It's Only Up From Here: Recent Episodes
Aaron and Abel
It's been a while! Here's an update on life since our last recording, and look ahead to the direction of the show is headed!
It’s been a while 😅. This episode was recorded a couple of months ago. More coming soon we promise!
Today we talk about how much is enough in life, and why that’s the case.
Links and resources Mentioned
- James Webb Space Telescope
- Stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmMRMIE3MGw&t=2161s
- The Fermi Paradox by Kurzgesagt
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We’re bad at making decisions. What can we do to try and be better?
Links and Resources Mentioned
- Revisionist history episode- Malcolm vs golf
- Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
- Habit books
- The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg
- Atomic Habits by James Clear
- A serious Game Podcast Episode by Revisionist History about War Games
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Links and Resources Mentioned
- Survivorship Bias Example
- Video
- Graph of the Plane
- The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
- Why Luck Matters More Than You Might Think by Roberh H. Frank of The Atlantic
- Modern Wisdom: The Science of Creating Good Luck
- Blue Zones by Dan Buettner
- Of dollars and data by Nick Maggiulli
- Just Keep Buying by Nick Maggiulli
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Aaron holds the position that we should talk about regret more. So here we go! What do we regret? What types of regrets are there, and which ones do we think we're most susceptible to?
Links and resources Mentioned
- Think Again by Adam Grant
- Modern Wisdom Podcast: 4 types of regrets
- Boldness Regrets: From not embracing more risk and therefore giving up the potential rewards
- Foundation Regrets: From putting short term pleasure/comfort over long term /well-being
- Moral Regrets: from doing immoral things
- Connection Regrets: From not maintaining important relationships (family, old friends and coworkers etc)
- Oura Ring
- Our Theme Song: Future Trap by TheStockBoy on Audio Jungle
A continuation of our Valentine's Day Special on the book "How to Not Die Alone" by Logan Ury- rerecorded after the tragic loss of the first file of this episode.
Links Mentioned
- Ep. 21: Our plan to not die alone (Part 1)
- How to Not Die Alone: The Surprising Science That Will Help You Find Love by Logan Ury
- Gottman's Research and the Love Lab
We've been wrong about a lot of things. Here are some highlights.
Links and Resources Mentioned
- Soy Harvest candle
- Jenna Rae cakes
- Made in India: Recipes from an Indian Family Kitchen
- The Drive by Peter Attia
- How To Not Die Alone by Logan Ury
- PE Science Supplements
We review the book ‘How to Not Die Alone’ by Logan Ury and talk about what we will apply (or already applied) in our lives.
Links and resources Mentioned
- How To Not Die Alone by Logan Ury
- Huberman Lab
What do we think the meaning of life is to us? What's our purpose and why?
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Abel is back from his trip and we discuss how the year of our Lord 2021 went and what we're expecting from 2022 and beyond.
Links and Resources Mentioned
- Huberman Lab
- Masterclass
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Social currency vs real currency. What do we think is more valuable, and where have we gone wrong in our search for clout?
Resources Mentioned
- Startalk Radio hosted by Neil deGrasse Tyson and (usually) Chuck Nice
- Recommended to do apps
- Google Keep
- Apple Notes
- The Elephant In the Brain by Kevin Simler
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Why is learning so integral to our lives and how do we learn on a day-to-day basis?
Links and Resources Mentioned
- Kurzgesagt- In a Nutshell Education Youtube channel
- Immune by Phillip Dettmer, illustrated by Kurzgesagt (phenomenal bookshelf decor)
- Books worth re-reading
- Influence by Robert Cialdini
- How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
- The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters by Priya Parker
- Readwise Application
- Kindle Paperwhite
- Writing Systems of the World by Useful Charts
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Links and Resources Mentioned
- Aaron's Article: The Families We Choose by Helena Fitzgerald
- The Singularity is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology
- Could Elon Musk Really Solve World Hunger? Podcast episode and article by The Indicator from Planet Money
We go over some of the best and worst advice we've received/found over the years.
Links and Resources Mentioned
- Survivorship Bias
- Motivation is a myth article
- 7 Ways to Maximize Misery by CGP grey
- Mans Search for Meaning
- Ikigai
- Venn Diagram vs Euler Diagram
- 5 Love languages
- Abbreviations in Chinese
- University of Manitoba in full- 曼尼托巴大学
- Shortened (similarish to Uni of Mani)- 曼大
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We are very fortunate to live in the time that we do. What are some things that would be vastly different if we were born 500 years ago? What do we appreciate most about this era?
Links and resources Mentioned
- Painfotainment by Hardcore History
- Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harrari
- Modern Wisdom podcast
Is travelling another face of cold consumerism, or a great way to experience the earth and learn about yourself? Discuss.
Links and resources Mentioned
- Jay Shetty video: Find Your Purpose
- Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harrari
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How would our lives change with winning the lottery? What would we do if labour was never necessary again?
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What if you knew exactly when your life would be ending? What if it were soon? We talk about how a defined end date would change how we live our lives, and what we could do to improve our lives with our current 'unknown' expiration date.
Links and resources Mentioned
- Abel's Charity Video thing
- MKBHD Youtube Channel
- When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
- Last Holiday starring Queen Latifah
- Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom (based on a true story)
- Eat Pray Love
- The Bucket List starring Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson
- The Art of Gathering by Priya Parker
We've all had struggles with body image. This week, we talk about some of those struggles and how we worked (or are working) through them.
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This week, we talk more about the apps that run our lives, and how it has come to this.
- Episode 2: How much of our lives should we measure?
- The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande
- Mentioned apps
- Notion information/database manager
- Todoist task manager
- Toggl time tracker
- The productivity trinity on YouTube
- Ali Abdaal
- Thomas Frank
- Matt D'Avella
- Cortex Podcast
- Hassan Minhaj: Homecoming King
- The Morning Show
- The Patriot Act
The boys talk about FOMO and their experience with it, from the first time they felt it to an abstract, lifestyle level.
- FortWhyte Alive
- Festival du Voyaguer
- Freakonomics Podcast (spotify)
- Freakonomics Books
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What do people on their deathbeds say their biggest regrets are and how much should we change our current behaviour to avoid having those regrets ourselves?
Sequence of our episodes in time - Listen to all of them at www.itsonlyupfromhere.com. Listed in order of recording.
- E1: Identity
- E5: Post-Secondary
- E4: Social Media Part 1
- E2: How much of our lives should we measure
- E3: Start Here
- E6: Nature vs Nurture
- E7: What will we regret on our deathbeds?
- E8: ....
Resources mentioned
- Link to Regrets on Deathbed article
- The Top 5 regrets on the deathbed per Bronnie Ware. I wish...
- I had had the courage to live life that was true oneself, not others expectations
- I didn't work so hard
- I had the courage to express my feelings
- I stayed in touch with friends
- I let myself be happier
- Outliers by Gladwell. Chapter: The Ethnic Theory of Plane Crashes
- Abel's attempt: Mccaoughnahey?
- Correct Spelling: McConaughey. (I wasn't too far)
- Matthew McConaughey's Best Actor acceptance speech: Who is your Hero? Me 10 years from now
- Ship of Theseus- Vsauce channel and video (Video is called 'Do Chairs Exist?')
- Why are you running?
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Abel and Aaron get confused for a bit and then they talk about what's more important; what you're born with or how you're raised.
Resources mentioned
- The Ape that Understood the Universe by Steve Stewart-Williams
- The Self Illusion
- Nomvula performed by the Mofolo Melodies
- Original Performed by Nathi
- Aarons 4 books for anyone getting started with reading non-fiction
- Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker
- Can’t Hurt Me by David Goggins
- The 5 Love Languages by Gary Chapman
- Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art by James Nestor
- Abel’s book recommendation for anyone
- Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World - and Why Things are Better Than You Think by Hans Rosling
- Ted Talk by the Author about some of the findings in the book
- Gapminder- Website with dynamic visualizations from the book and Ted Talk
- Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World - and Why Things are Better Than You Think by Hans Rosling
Post-secondary education is seeming less and less useful as free online resources threaten to replicate the value they offer. What did we get out of our time at university and would we recommend it to others?
- Dirk Nowitzki Documentary - The Perfect Shot
- Kenya's population correction- 52.57 million people as of 2019
- All-time fastest marathons
- Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (national exam)
- 3Blue1Brown Channel (quality mathematics videos)
- Ted Talk about engaging with math by Grant from 3Blue1Brown
- Start with why Ted Talk by Simon Sinek
- Waveform of our voices on our editor.
Abel and Aaron discuss their complicated relationship with social media; what we're concerned about right now, our hopes for the future, and why it's not all bad. Featuring many digressions.
- The Social Dilemma on Netflix
- The Elephant In the Brain by Kevin Simler
- Naval Philosopher Insta thing
- Thinking Basketball by Ben Taylor
- The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel
- Little Free Library
What are we doing here and why? We go over our motivation behind undertaking this massive, near-zero ROI project, and our hopes in the medium to long-term.
Links and resources Mentioned
- Aaron's Youtube Channel (Leave nice comments pls- Management)
- On Doing an Evil Deed Blues by Lil Ugly Mane
- The Library of Alexandria (the one that was burned down that I couldn't remember)
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Is it too much to put conversations with mom in a spreadsheet to make sure you're following up on things you talked about and improving the relationship? Is recording what you're doing down to 15-minute increments too much information? Is immortality worth it? All this and more in this week's episode.
Links and Resources Mentioned
- Peter Atia- The Drive Podcast
- Not Overthinking Podcast
- Kobe and Kanye Mamba System Commercial
- Toggl Time Tracking Application
- The Tyranny of Numbers Article
- Goodhart's Law
- How to Measure Everything
Note that this episode was recorded a few weeks after the first one.
Aaron and Abel introduce themselves and discuss the question of identity. How do you answer the question 'tell me about yourself'? And why is it important to think deeply about this question?
Quick apology: Aaron's audio came into some issues in the last 10 minutes of the episode. There is an audible echo in that portion that we were unable to fix. Please bear with us while we figure out this audio recording and editing thing!
Links and Resources mentioned
- The Game Maker's Toolkit: https://www.youtube.com/user/McBacon1337
- The Sports Gene: https://www.mcnallyrobinson.com/9781617230127/david-epstein/the-sports-gene?blnBKM=1
- Intro to Yearly Themes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVGuFdX5guE
- Painting: https://photos.app.goo.gl/kXgv9jWX8pJH3xX4